Monday, 6 November 2017

Y8 test the energy in snacks

Pringles, wotsits, pretzels or crisp sticks - which has the most energy?

First find the mass of the snack

Next find the temperature of a measured amount of water.
Now set the snack on fire.

Hold the burning crisp under the boiling tube of water.

This should raise the temperature of the water.

Sometimes the crisp needs relighting

Then try with the next snack

Take the temperature of the water at the end

Then complete the calculations to work out the energy

Maths meet science! But which crisp had the most energy?